Laso Martín, Natàlia Judith (Date of defense: 2009-01-23)
It has been long acknowledged (Carter 1998, Williams 1998; Biber 2006; Hyland 2008) that writing a text not only entails the accurate selection of correct terms and grammatical constructions but also a ...
Lorenzo Salazar, Danica Joy (Date of defense: 2011-11-24)
The present dissertation is a corpus-based investigation of the frequency, structure and functions of lexical bundles in published scientific writing in English, whose main objective is the creation of ...
Miralpeix Pujol, Immaculada (Date of defense: 2008-02-29)
This dissertation analyses the effects of age on the acquisition of vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language (FL). It focusses on productive vocabulary because it is a crucial aspect in language ...
Mackay, Jessica (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
El Sistema Motivacional del Yo L2 (L2MSS) propuesto por Dörnyei (2005, 2009a) reconceptualiza la motivación en el aprendizaje de la segunda lengua (L2) en un contexto globalizado. Basándose en las teorías ...
Ciruela Castillo, Carmen (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)
Research on the acquisition of English by immigrants is abundant when it takes place in second language (SL) contexts. However, few studies deal with immigrant learners’ acquisition of English as a ...
Serrano Serrano, Raquel (Date of defense: 2007-11-23)
The purpose of the present dissertation is to investigate the effect of time distribution of practice (or instruction hours) on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. The general objective ...
Malicka, Aleksandra (Date of defense: 2014-10-24)
In the domain of task-based language teaching (TBLT), researchers have long been interested in exploring the impact of internal task features and conditions on a range of outcomes, such as the occurrence ...
Pownall Graumann, James William (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)
Drawing on known language learning processes, principles behind language course syllabus design, and previous second language acquisition research, Long introduced the concept of task-based language ...
Brennan, Kerry Anne (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Throughout history there has been tremendous debate about what comprises the best methods and approaches to foreign or second language (L2) teaching and learning, without any decisive universal conclusions. ...
Bernaus, Mercè (Date of defense: 1992-04-01)
La principal hipótesis que se plantea en esta tesis es que la motivación influye en el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera. Otra de las hipótesis planteadas es que el entorno socio-cultural ...